It was like that though.

If you got 3 tracks off a hip hop album you’d nailed it.

Yes, there are exceptions, we now call them classics

It's 1999. Why are you paying for music at all? Napster still exists for you.

I bought Finger11 for paralyzed and then realized it was by far their best track.

But you owned it. So you could sell the CD and recoup almost all of your money.

Back in those days you could listen to the record/cassette/cd in the store before you bought it. They would have these headphones you could use.

So it's not as big of a problem as this meme would make it seem.

Napster was reparations for Soul Asylums Strangers With Candy album.

When people who didn't like rock/metal bought an Extreme album because they thought all the songs were like More Than Words.

Try $20 of disappointing CD.

Somebody bought the Chris Gaines album.